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Wedding Bus, Front Garden and Blossom

In Highgate, while waiting to meet a friend of many years, a Wedding Bus went by reminding us of Daughter No 2’s wedding 11 years ago when all the guests travelled from Marylebone Town Hall to the reception in just such a bus.

Wedding bus

Walking to the pub where we spent a happy three hours catching up over lunch, was this basement garden, surrounded by scaffolding but bright and cheery in the sunshine.

A front garden in Highgate

Leaving the pub, this magnificent Cherry tree full of blossom attracted my camera.

Blossom

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 21, 2018 in environment, flowers, Beauty, friendship, Photography, Postaday2018

Tags: Highgate

White Primrose, Narcissi and John Keats

10 Apr

We have some lovely white Primroses in the front garden. They have arrived all of their own accord.

White Primroses with the more common pale yellow ones for contrast.

In all our garden work, a Narcissus became broken so I brought it in where we can appreciate its beauty close up.

Anyone know the name of this beauty?

John Keats dated his poem, Endymion, April10th 1818, 200 years ago today. Here is a short extract which sums up my blog’s purpose.

From Endymion, Book 1

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its lovliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing
A flowery band to bind us to the earth,
Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,
Of all the unhealthy and o’er-darkn’d ways
Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all,
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits.

John Keats

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 10, 2018 in Beauty, flowers, garden, Photography, poetry, Postaday2018

Tags: Endymion

On This Day in 1909, White Narcissi and Purple Fritillaria

07 Apr

On this day in 1909, my Great Grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Wiseman, Suffragette aged 53, was arrested in London having thrown stones to break windows. Subsequently she was imprisoned in Holloway, went on hunger strike, was force fed and was awarded the Suffragette Portcullis Brooch in recognition of her courage.

Suffragette Brooch

My Suffragette garden has lots of white but the purple Tulips are lagging behind.

Some Narcissi

I shall have to move some of the Fritillaria to the front as they do flower at the same time as the Narcissi.

Fritillaria

Done!

If you would like to read about a Suffragette’s life in Holloway, the Diary of a Suffragette makes very interesting reading. Click on the red link. https://wordpress.com/stats/insights/suffragettediary.wordpress.com

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on April 7, 2018 in awards, Beauty, family history, flowers, garden, Postaday2018

Tags: Holloway, Purple White and Green, Suffragette diary, Suffragette Portcullis Brooch

Thaw, Blossoms in the Snow and St Michael’s Mount

02 Mar

The big thaw has started in our part of the UK though the winds have been savage on the South coast. Our boiler is now working; the power cut was mended very quickly and we are warming up again. Thank you to so many of you for your concern. Being without heat and power surely makes one think about those without a roof over their heads in this bitter winter.

The resilience of the Spring flowers is remarkable. These in our garden are bouncing back.

Primrose

Hyacinth

Primrose

Crocus

Muscari

Snow drooped Tete a Tete

Tete a Tete recovering from the snow assault

St Michael’s Mount in the snow by Darren Strick

I have kindly been given permission by the photographer to use his beautiful photo here today. Thank you, Darren.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 2, 2018 in Beauty, Cornwall, environment, flowers, garden, Kindness, nature, Photography, Postaday2018, St Michael's Mount, Uncategorized

Tags: Darren Strick photographer

Paper Bags, Special New Stamps and Alstroemeria

15 Feb

We drove into town today and walked around so I managed some exercise. My ankles have lost their leaden feeling which I woke up with and I am still pain free………… We were delighted to find that our local Greengrocer now supplies paper bags rather than plastic – brilliant!

Paper bags for produce – hooray!

There has been a new stamp issue today to commemorate the Suffragettes and the Suffragists and their success in winning the Vote for some women. Those who know me, will know that my Great Granny was a Suffragette and those who receive a Christmas card from us will have one of the special stamps on their envelope! I bought enough today for all our Christmas cards.

Suffragette stamps of all the values

Our lovely bunch of Alstroemeria have opened and are brightening the hall. We had sunshine today and it streamed through the house lightening up the blooms.

Alstroemeria

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on February 15, 2018 in Beauty, family history, flowers, Photography, Postaday2018, Suffragettes, Uncategorized

Tags: #plasticfree, Centenary of Women's Suffrage, ditch the plastic, special issue stamps UK

Hydrangea, Garden Centre and Sunset

24 Nov

I love the delicacy of the skeleton Hydrangea flower in contrast with the still pink bloom.

Hydrangea

In the garden centre, there was a whole display of purple, white and green to make a Suffragette garden.

In the garden centre

Sunset tonight from St Agnes Beacon over to St Ives was quite disappointing until a beautiful pink bloom appeared in the dark grey clouds.

Sunset over St Ives

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 24, 2017 in Beauty, Cornwall, environment, flowers, nature, Photography, postaday2017

Tags: Cornish Sunset, Suffragette Garden

Colour in the Garden on November 1st 2017

01 Nov

We are delighted that there is so much colour in the garden still, some just one flower on the plant, some a bit ragged but still – lots of colour, twenty eight different plants in flower! I cannot remember all the names so please feel free to help me out!